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A case of pulmonary fibroleiomyomatosis secondary to a uterine « metastasizing » leiomyoma, with aspects of vascular invasion, is reported. Although we cannot exclude the existence of primitive pulmonary forms, which we do not consider to be of a hamartomatous nature, we believe that a careful examination of the uterus for the presence of angioinvasive leiomyoma is mandatory.
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